• stewie3128@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I think there are examples of it working, and examples of it not. Singapore’s system works as intended, but here’s a list of yearly salaries for high-paid heads of state >$500,000 USD (sources from Wikipedia). Draw your own conclusions.

    • Cameroon President: $620,000
    • Denmark Queen: $11,000,000
    • Hong Kong Chief Executive: $568,000
    • Japan Emperor: $3,000,000
    • Jordan King: $848,000
    • Kuwait Emir: $165,000,000
    • Luxembourg Grand Duke: $12,000,000
    • Norway King: $33,000,000
    • Oman Sultan: $7,000,000 (could be a very old number)
    • Qatar Emir: $33,000,000
    • Saudi Arabia King: $9,600,000,000 ($9.6 billion)
    • Singapore President: $1,400,000
    • Singapore Prime Minister: $1,600,000
    • Switzerland President: $507,000
    • Syria President: $576,000
    • Tonga King $2,100,000
    • United Arab Emirates President: $4,600,000,000 ($4.6 billion)